Autumn 2009

Ohio State Department of Plant Pathology (PLNTPTH 995)

Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m.  (schedule subject to change)

Videolink locations: Ohio State Columbus/Kottman Hall 244 and OARDC Wooster/Fisher 121

Dr. Feng Qu in Wooster (qu.26@osu.edu) and Dr. Thomas K. Mitchell in Columbus (mitchell.815@osu.edu) are seminar coordinators for 2009-2010.

View recorded seminars > Commtech streaming video (PP 995)

Sept. 29
Maria Andrea Ortega - Dept. of Plant Pathology, MS student (Dr. Dorrance).  MS Exit seminar.
Towards the fine mapping and cloning of the Rps8 locus in soybeans.

October 6
Jinnan Hu - Dept. of Plant Pathology, PhD student (Dr. Mitchell)
Part 1. Identification of transcription factor MoCRZ1 binding sites and regulated genes using ChIP-chip and motif modeling.  Part 2. Screen for gain-of-virulence transforamnts in Magnaporthe oryzae.  Part 3. Toxin cluster genes located on conditionally dispensable chromosome in Alternaria alternata.

October 13
Angela Orshinsky - University of Guelph
The effects of fungal virus Ophiostoma mitovirus 3a on the physiology of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa.

October 20
Oscar Burbano Figueroa - Dept. of Plant Pathology, MS student (Dr. Mitchell)
Functional characterization of Magnaporthe oryzae effectors in the infective process of rice.

October 27
Zhifen Zhang - Dept. of Plant Pathology, MS student (Dr. Dorrance).  MS Exit seminar.

November 3
Rachel Melnick - Penn State University, PhD student (Dr. Paul Backman, Penn State)
Endophytic Bacillus spp. of Theobroma caco: Ecology and biological control of cacao diseases.
(Part of a graduate student seminar exchange between Ohio State, Penn State and Cornell)

November 10
Britt Bunyard, Publisher and Editor in Chief, FUNGI magazine
Ledgerdemain in the Fungal Domain: the Use and Abuse of Insects by Fungi

November 17
Kylea Odenbach - Dept. of Plant Pathology, MS student (Dr. Paul).  MS Exit seminar.

November 24
Cunyu Li - Dept. of Plant Pathology, MS student (Dr. Paul).  MS Exit seminar.

December 1
Chenxi Chen - Dept. of Plant Pathology, PhD student (Dr. Mitchell)

Archives: Spring 2009

March 24
Dan Anco - Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Dr. Ellis)
Studies on sporulation of Phomopsis viticola on grape.

March 31
Hehe Wang - Dept. of Plant Pathology PhD student (Dr. Dorrance)
Determining the genetic mechanisms for partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean - Literature review and research update.
Video PP-995_3-31-09

April 7
NOTE TIME 3 pm: John Koenig - Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Dr. Boehm).  MS Exit seminar, 3-4 pm, Columbus/Kottman 244 and Wooster/Fisher 121.
Influence of climatic conditions on the efficacy of early season fungicide applications to manage dollar spot.

4 pm: Michelle Moyer, Graduate student, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University.  Part of a graduate student exchange program between Ohio State, Penn State and Cornell, Columbus/Kottman 244 and Wooster/Fisher 121.
Powdery mildew in cool climate viticulture: Biology and forecasting.
Video PP_995_4-7-09

April 14
Alissa Kriss, Dept. of Plant Pathology PhD student (Dr. Madden)
Climate variability and Fusarium Head Blight development in wheat-producing regions of the United States.
Video PP_995_4-14-09

April 21
Jiye Cheng, Dept. of Plant Pathology PhD student (Dr. Graham)
Metabolomic platform for soybean defense response.
Video PP_995_4-21-09

April 28
Sarah Ellis, Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Dr. Boehm)
Teaching, Youth Development and Outreach Engagement for Plant Pathology.
Video PP_995_4-28-09

May 5
Cunyu Li, Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Dr. Paul)
Effects of fungicides and cultivar resistance on associations among Fusarium head blight, DON, and fungal biomass of wheat grain.
Video PP_995_5-5-09

May 12
Fiorella Cisneros, Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Redinbaugh, advisor).
Elucidating the potential of plant rhabdoviruses as expression vectors.
Jorge David Salgado, Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Paul, advisor).
Wheat yield and quality losses: the combined effect of two toxigenic nectrotrophs - A project overview.
Video PP_995_5-12-09

May 19
Luis da Cunha, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science PhD candidate (Dr. Mackey)
RIN4, a mult-italented regulator of PAMP- and Effector-triggered immunity in plants.
Video PP_995_5-19-09

May 26
Annemarie Nagle, Dept. of Plant Pathology MS student (Dr. Bonello)

Gautam Shirsekar, Dept. of Plant Pathology PhD student (Dr. Wang)
Topic seminar on Programmed Cell Death

Video PP_995_5-26-09

 Past seminar listings are in the News Archive